Ralston News

Houston Business Journal - by Ford Gunter Bunge partners with Iowa biodiesel company [St. Louis] U.S. Biodiesel Group has agreed to fold its assets into another biodiesel producer and marketer, including a ...

An Ames, Iowa, company is leading the biodiesel industry by marketing more biodiesel than anyone else in the United States.

“Because the biodiesel market is so volatile right now, the guys who are making it have to be extremely flexible. And some of those big plants just aren't.”

March 31st H-1B deadline may impact your hiring Cleantech companies need to watch out for this year's H-1B visa lottery and quotas, warns immigration law firm Jackson & Hertogs. via Inside Greentech

The high price of soybean oil is making it awfully tough on some biodiesel makers. via Domestic Fuel

“There is no other organization that has to provide services and not get paid for it”

DES MOINES n The greatest battle in the Legislature last year may be one that never happened. via Sioux City Journal

CARROLL, Iowa -- The funeral for a Northwest Iowa soldier killed in Afghanistan will be held Saturday in Carroll. via Sioux City Journal

“All of a sudden it just hits you that you'll never see that child again, never get to hug him, hold him, give him kisses”

Sergeant Adrian Hike was killed, in Afghanistan, on Monday. It was his second tour of duty. via KTIV-TV Sioux City

For Martin Bird, learning that his oldest brother, Sgt. Adrian Hike, was killed in Afghanistan was hard to believe. via The Messenger

Family members say a Ralston soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. Army Sgt. Adrian Hike, 26, was killed Monday while on patrol, his mother said. via WHO-TV Des Moines